Which 2,4-D Product Should I Use as a Burndown Before Planting Enlist E3® Soybean?
When using a burndown herbicide to terminate broadleaf cover crops and weeds this spring, planting intervals often may negate the use of many 2,4-D products prior to Enlist E3® soybean planting. (Photos by Amit Jhala).
Can Cover Crops Offset the Negative Impacts of Corn Silage?
Figure 1. Residue cover under high moisture corn (left) and corn silage (right) during soil sampling in late spring. Residue cover remaining on the soil surface from high moisture corn harvest helps to intercept the impact of raindrops, slow the speed of runoff, and protect the soil surface from erosion, unlike the visible signs of erosion in corn silage (right). Additionally, surface residue can contribute to soil nutrients, structure and infiltration, organic matter and feed for soil microbes.
Scout Wheat Fields for Early Disease Detection
Figure 1. Wheat in research plots at Havelock Farm, Lancaster County, on April 27.
Scouting Advised for Alfalfa Weevil
Figure 1. Adult and small- to medium-sized larvae of the alfalfa weevil. (Photo by Julie Peterson)
Pasture and Forage Minute: Spring Turn-out Strategies, Seedbed Preparation and Grazing Reed Canarygrass
If turned out early enough, cattle will successfully graze reed canarygrass, which is very nutritional at a young growth stage (less than 10 inches tall).
Soybean Fertility Study in Western Nebraska: What is Limiting High Yield and Protein?
Farmers examining different fertility treatments during 2019 August Field Day near Grant, Nebraska.
Rising Fuel and Input Prices: Adjusting Enterprise Budgets and Tracking Cost of Production
Brandon Schirmer sprays defoliant on one of the fields at his father's multi-crop 1,014-acre farm, in Batesville, Texas, on Aug. 12, 2020. (Lance Cheung/USDA)
Managing an Ever-complex Farming Operation: Seven Types of Waste
Duke Rabe/Pexels
Evaluating Agricultural Landownership Characteristics Across Nebraska and the U.S.
Preston Keres, USDA (Flickr/Public Domain)
FarmBits Podcast: Planting with Precision
Hosted by Samantha Teten and Jackson Stansell — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.
Sample Testing Underway at Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic
To better identify weeds, insects and plant diseases, samples can be dropped off for analysis at the Plant Science Hall on UNL's East Campus via a cooler located near the east, first floor door.
Evaluating the Performance of Kernza® Perennial Grain in Eastern Nebraska
Figure 1. Kernza® research fields in July 2019 at the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. All Images are covered by a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-NC-ND). Photos copyright The Land Institute (landinstitute.org).
#NField Observations for April 2021
This week, Extension Educator Ben Beckman discusses the benefits of no-till planting your alfalfa fields this year.
UNL Dry Bean Breeding Program Announces Public Release of Two New Dry Edible Bean Varieties
Plots of new varieties of dry edible beans being released by the Nebraska Dry Bean Breeding Program: White Pearl (left) and Wildcat (right).
Two new dry edible bean varieties will be available to producers in the near future — a great northern bean suitable for direct harvest and the other, a slow-darkening pinto bean variety with longer shelf life.
Crop Production Clinic Videos Available Online
A view of one of this year's Crop Production Clinics presentations, which were offered in an online format, with recordings and presentation PDFs available online for viewing on demand.